By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist My teeth hurt. Over the past week, I’ve been assaulted by one “news” story after the next about the latest fruit of government motors. Not GM. Tesla. The Model D. It is very slick! And very quick! It has all-wheel-drive! Not one but two electric motors (which isn’t new, by […]
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New Car “Buyers”
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Who can afford to spend $30,000 — the average purchase price paid as of 2013 — on a new car? The answer is … very few. Most new car “buyers” are in fact debtors. They sign loan documents and make monthly payments. Typically, for five years, the length of the […]
Return of the Triples!
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist You may have noticed the general downsizing trend that’s going on under the hood. V-8s gave way to sixxes — and sixxes, to fours. Now, it’s down to three. For the first time since the ’90s, you can buy several new cars with three cylinder engines. These include the 2014 […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: October 1, 2014
October 1, 2014 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Mass Transit, Red-Light Cameras, Speed Cameras, TheNewspaper, Toll Roads, Traffic Congestion, Traffic Tickets
Each Wednesday, we’ll publish quick summaries of the articles from the last week on TheNewspaper.com. We’re doing this because these articles are often strongly connected to the issues that National Motorists Association members are interested in. Wednesday, October 01, 2014 Michigan Lawmaker Makes A Second Run At Imposing Speed Cameras Automated ticketing machines are not […]
Muscle Cars Were Slow – Part II
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist I wrote a column a couple years ago (see here) that mentioned an unspeakable truth: Relative to now — classic muscle cars were slow. Back in the day, when the typical passenger car took 10 seconds (or more) to get to 60 MPH, a car that could get there in […]
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